Human Dimensions

Potential impacts on local communities, societies, and economies.

The development of wind energy and marine renewable energy projects will likely affect human activities both socially and economically. Evaluation of human perspectives, needs, and rights is necessary to ensure that the benefits of the project outweigh the cost to local communities, society, and the economy in addition to the natural environment. Common stakeholder concerns include loss of property value or annoyance due to visual impacts; changes access to fisheries or recreation; and loss of economic opportunity or livelihood. Conversely, potential benefits of the development of wind energy and marine renewable energy projects include the creation of new jobs, increased tourism, and reduced emissions of greenhouse gases.

Included in Human Dimensions are the following considerations: Climate Change, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Justice, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Life Cycle Assessment, Marine Spatial Planning, Navigation, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement, and Visual Impacts.

Marine and Wind Energy Environmental Documents

Tethys is a knowledge hub that contains documents on the environmental effects of wind and marine energy. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Knowledge Base associated with Human Dimensions.

Total: 3813

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Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Maryland Offshore Wind Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Fisheries
Practitioner Summary III: Ethical Risks in the Offshore Blue Economy Breakey, H., Marshallsay, R., Bossi, L. Report Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning, Stakeholder Engagement
Programmatic Framework Biological Assessment for New York Bight Leases Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Practitioner Summary IV: Understand the Social Licence to Operate (SLO) Breakey, H., Marshallsay, R., Bossi, L. Report Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Identification of applicable regulation and public policy gaps regarding marine renewable energy in Mexico Rivera, G., Ortiz, M., Rivera-Arriaga, E. Journal Article Marine Energy, OTEC, Salinity Gradient, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Challenges and Opportunities for Floating Offshore Wind Energy in Ultradeep Waters of the Central Atlantic Musial, W., McCoy, A., Hernando, D. Report Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Entanglement, Habitat Change, Lighting, Noise Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Modeling rare plant habitat together with public land managers using an iterative, coproduced process to inform decision-making on multiple-use public lands Jarnevich, C., Carter, S., Davidson, Z. Journal Article Wind Energy Habitat Change Human Dimensions
Preliminary study on the environmental effects of hydrogen production at sea Plantema, M., van Erp, C., Verweij, L. Report Chemicals, Noise Bats, Birds, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Marine Spatial Planning
Wind Energy: Technologies and Approaches to Help Address Environmental Effects United States Government Accountability Office Report Wind Energy Attraction, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change, Noise, Vessel Strike Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Visual Impacts
Life Cycle Assessment of a Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter Engelfried, T. Thesis Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment
Compensatory Mitigation & Biodiversity Positive Approaches in the Marine Environment Goyert, H., Jedele, T. Presentation Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Oral Presentations: New Technologies Gallagher, K., Adolf, J., Landolt, K. Presentation Wind Energy Birds, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Building Sustainable Offshore Wind Futures Through Collaborative Research Programs Savitsky, I., Shumchenia, E., Bland, K. Presentation Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Collision, Entanglement Birds, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Plenary: Best Practices Regarding Indigenous Engagement Within the Offshore Wind Industry Shumaker, L., Leonard, K. Presentation Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Changes to Fisheries and Ecosystems Sun, M., Foley, C., Kinnell, J. Presentation Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Fish, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Progression Towards an Integrated Ecosystem-based Approach to Assessing Environmental Impacts of Offshore Energy Development Levenson, J., Lipsky, A., Townsend, H. Presentation Wind Energy Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Lightning Talks Cook-Ohryn, C., Hofstede, R., Bingham, M. Presentation Wind Energy Collision, Habitat Change Bats, Birds, Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Working Group on Offshore Renewable Energy (WGORE; outputs from 2023 meeting) Rumes, B., Wood, D., Copping, A. Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Life cycle assessment of ocean wave energy converter Singhapurage, H. Thesis Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment
Lessons Learned from Efforts to Develop Fisheries and Benthic Monitoring Plans Wilber, D., Murphy, A., Borsetti, S. Presentation Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Stakeholder Engagement
Plenary Presentation: Engaging the Fishing Community to Improve Marine Science Bethoney, D. Presentation Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Stakeholder Engagement
Offshore Wind Fisheries Monitoring Plan Development, Implementation, and Evolution Reilly, R. , Pol, M., Boekle, D. Presentation Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Offshore Wind Energy Development and Compensatory Mitigation in the Northeast Region Vail-Muse, S. Presentation Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Birds, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
A Review of the Sustainable Siting of Offshore Wind Farms Gkeka-Serpetsidaki, P., Skiniti, G., Tournaki, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Resource Equivalency Analysis: Quantifying Mitigation for Offshore Wind Projects Grigelis, P., Phillips-Hagedorn, M. Presentation Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds, Shorebirds, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Compensatory Mitigation for Offshore Wind Baker, K. Presentation Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Birds, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
State of the Sector Report 2024 Marine Energy Wales Report Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
AB 525 Offshore Wind Strategic Plan Jones, M., Bartridge, J., Walker, L. Report Wind Energy Attraction, Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Chemicals, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Lighting, Noise, Vessel Strike Bats, Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning, Navigation, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data, Visual Impacts
BWEC 5-year plan (1 January 2024–31 December 2028) Bats and Wind Energy Cooperative (BWEC) Report Wind Energy Bats, Human Dimensions
Emerging energy sources' social acceptability: Evidence from marine-based energy projects Ponce Oliva, R., Estay, M., Barrientos, M. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Potential environmental impacts of floating solar photovoltaic systems Benjamins, S., Williamson, B., Billing, S-L. Journal Article Attraction, Changes in Flow, Chemicals, EMF, Habitat Change Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions
Trade-offs of wind power production: A study on the environmental implications of raw materials mining in the life cycle of wind turbines Morozovska, K., Bragone, F., Svensson, A.X. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment, Social & Economic Data
Sailing through end-of-life challenges: A comprehensive review for offshore wind Vetters, J., Thomassen, G., Van Passel, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions
Wind power infrastructure and perceived value of tourism experience in nature areas Prince, S., Chekalina, T., Peters, A. Report Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Recreation & Tourism, Visual Impacts
Climate and air quality benefits of wind and solar generation in the United States from 2019 to 2022 Millstein, D., O'Shaughnessy, E., Wiser, R. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions
Framing the Wind: Media Coverage of Offshore Wind in the Northeastern United States Diamond, E., Damato, N., Bidwell, D. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions
Global Review on Environmental Impacts of Onshore Wind Energy in the Field of Tension between Human Societies and Natural Systems Sander, L., Jung, C., Schindler, D. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision, Habitat Change, Noise Bats, Birds, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Visual Impacts
Global Review on Environmental Impacts of Onshore Wind Energy and Their Implications for Forest Ecosystems Sander, L., Jung, C., Schindler, D. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Habitat Change, Noise Bats, Birds, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Visual Impacts
What does offshore wind energy yield? Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (Rijksoverheid) Summary Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinion National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Lighting, Noise, Vessel Strike Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
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